William Tracy Gould
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William Tracy Gould | |
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| Born | October 25, 1799 Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 18, 1882 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, judge, law professor |
William Tracy Gould (October 25, 1799 – July 18, 1882) was an American lawyer and founder of the Augusta Law School, the first law school in the part of the United States known as the Deep South.
Gould, son of Judge James Gould and Sally McCurdy Tracy Gould, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on October 25, 1799.[1] He entered Yale College at the age of thirteen. Immediately upon graduation he began to read law in his father's school, Litchfield Law School,[2] and was admitted to the bar on arriving at the age of 21.
Career
In 1821 Gould settled in Clinton, in the central part of Georgia, and in 1823, he moved to the city of Augusta, where the rest of his life was spent. He practiced law in Augusta for forty years. He opened the Augusta Law School and maintained it with good success until it was interrupted by the affliction caused by the death of his eldest son in 1854. In 1851 he was elected to the judgeship of the city court of Augusta, and discharged the duties of that office for fifteen years.
